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ALMERQN GRAVES, o1? Roscoe, ILLINOIS.

Letters .Patent No; 74,681, dated February 18, 1868.

\ Q iMPeovBMBNT IN APPARATUS, PoR HANDHNG ANIMALSIN SLAUGHTERING.

To ALL WHOM 1T MAY ooNoERN':

Be it known that I, ALMERON GRAVES, of Roscoe, in the county ofWinnebago, and Stute of Illinois, have` invented certain usefulImprovements inApparatus for Handling Animals in'Slaughtering; and I'dohereby declare the follovving to be afulhrclear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of referencemarked thereon, and making a part of thisspecification, in Wbich- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of theapparatus.

Figure 2, transverse view'thereof. 4

A, in g. 1,.and A A, in g. 2, lrepresent two sticks of timber, in whichthelower end of the post or upright, B, is fastened. Brepresents au.upright post, fastened at the bottom, as noted above, and secured byrods running from the'topthereof, and fastened to the ends of thetimbers A. C DE represent the levergforraising and handling the animals;fulerum at C, with hook at E. H II H H H, bars securely fastened, bymeans of iron bolts or pins, to supports, I I I I I I. The supports I III I I, for sustaining the bars, are fastened, by means of pins, to'ironwheels or revolving oapsE E.`

What I claim as my'invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv f The application of the lever C D E, `the upright, B, the revolvingapparatus represented by H H H H H H, supports I I I I I I, and therevolvingeaps E E, in apparatus for handling lanimals in slaughtering.

' ALMERON GRAVES- Witnesses:

N. O. PERKINS, FRANK DEAN.

